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IGB Profile: Kathure Mugambi

[ ] Kathure Mugambi is a senior undergraduate student in Molecular and Cellular Biology. She is also the undergraduate assistant for the IGB Lunchbox series. Growing up in Fort Wayne…

Bioethicist Françoise Baylis to give IGB Distinguished Public Lecture in Genomics

[ ] Françoise Baylis, PhD, Distinguished Research Professor Emerita at Dalhousie University, will speak as part of the IGB Distinguished Public Lecture in Genomics series at 4:00 p.m…

Young Innovator Program Spotlight: Jason Wang

[ ] Jason Wang, a graduate student in the Kong (GNDP/M-CELS) lab, won third place in the 2022 Young Innovator program and received $5000 to advance his proposal. He will develop a “…

Researchers design AI method to predict metabolomic profiles of microbial communities

[ ] Human bodies contain trillions of microbes, so much that the number of microbes rival the number of human cells in a body. These microbes help shape many of our biological…

AI predicts enzyme function better than leading tools

[ ] A new artificial intelligence tool can predict the functions of enzymes based on their amino acid sequences, even when the enzymes are unstudied or poorly understood. The…

Young Innovator Program Spotlight: Skye Shepard

[ ] Skye Shepherd is a graduate student in the Cunningham (CGD/MMG) group, where she develops new detection tools for proteins that can be used to identify diseases including cancer…

Researchers reveal real-time glimpse into growth habits of nanoparticles

[ ] For the first time, researchers have observed the process of nanoparticles self-assembling and crystalizing into solid materials. In new videos produced by the team, particles can…

Young Innovator Program Spotlight: Alejandra Zeballos

[ ] Alejandra Zeballos works on creating new therapies for neurological disorders. She is developing a platform that will select virus-based vectors that can deliver DNA-based…

Researchers discover new class of ribosomal peptide with hemolytic activity

[ ] Living organisms produce a myriad of natural products which can be used in modern medicine and therapeutics. Bacteria and other microbes have become the main source for natural…

Team uses MRI to image epigenetics in the brain

[ ] UPDATE: The Editorial Board of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has selected six papers published by PNAS in 2022 to receive the Cozzarelli Prize, an…

Shannon Sirk wins NIH Trailblazer Award

[ ] Professor Shannon Sirk (MME) received the NIH NIBIB R21 Trailblazer Award for her ongoing work in engineering both microbes and antibodies for human therapies. This three-…

Bacterial signaling across biofilm affected by surface structure

[ ] Similar to how cells within human tissues communicate and function together as a whole, bacteria are also able to communicate with each other through chemical signals, a behavior…

DOE Renews CABBI Five More Years

[ ] The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has committed another round of funding to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to lead the second phase of its Bioenergy Research Center…

Study models the causes of insomnia in menopausal women

[ ] One of the most common symptoms that women experience during menopause is sleep disruption. Although this change is thought to be associated with depression, hot flashes, and…

James Sharp new Distinguished Senior Advisor to IGB Core Facilities

[ ] James Sharp, one of the industry’s leading authorities in microscopy and former President and CEO of Carl Zeiss Microscopy, has accepted a role as a Distinguished Senior Advisor…

Promising new biomaterial for T cell therapy, cancer patients

[ ] An Illinois research team led by scientist Hua Wang (RBTE), a professor of materials science and engineering, has developed a biomaterial for T cell immunotherapy that can…

Illinois chosen to co-lead new CZ Biohub in Chicago

[ ] The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has been chosen to co-lead the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago—a new biomedical hub—with researchers from Illinois, the University of…

IGB Profile: Kathy Millage

[ ] Kathy Millage is an Office Administrator at the IGB. Walking into the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology can be intimidating. If you’re a researcher, the main building…

Protecting genomic privacy through phone apps

[ ] Police are increasingly using genomic databases in their investigations. Concerningly, they often do so without a warrant requirement. A new paper co-written by Illinois faculty…

Bringing Single-Cell Chemical Measurement Expertise to Cancer Research

[ ] Jonathan Sweedler (BSD/CABBI/MMG), Professor in Chemistry and the Neuroscience Program and a research member with the Cancer Center at Illinois’ JumpStart Program, was recently…